Just when Nicholas II was hesitating, Britain and France gave the Tsar a heavy blow. The two countries jointly warned Russia not to have direct conflicts with the East China National Congress. At the same time, once Russia and East China National Congress had a war, the two countries would refuse to fulfill the alliance agreement and stop financial aid to Russia. The Tsar was naturally very annoyed, but at this time there was nothing he could do. After all, Russia now needs financial aid from Britain and France.

With the endorsement of Britain and France, some clear-headed Russian ministers also advised the Tsar not to easily fight with East China. Chairman of the National Defense Committee, Wang Shu Nikola Nikolaevich, and Army Minister Sukhomlinov jointly warned Nikola II that at this time, Russia had no chance of winning; while Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Peter Arkadyevich Storepins threatened to resign.

Faced with the opposition of so many ministers, Nicholas II finally calmed down. Uncle Wang and the Army Minister were nothing. There were some Russian generals, but if Storepin resigned, it would be a big trouble. It turned out that after Vette signed the [Harbin Treaty] and returned to China, he resigned from his post and withdrew from politics. Storepin was the one who succeeded Vette. The Tsar had high hopes for him, hoping that he could lead Russia's economic reforms and get Russia out of its current economic difficulties.

However, after Storepin took office, he did not immediately start economic reform. Instead, he accused the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party of accused of planning treason, arrested 65 Duma representatives of the Social Democratic Labor Party, exiled them to Siberia, and forcibly disbanded the second Russian State Duma, and held the election of the State Duma again.

The State Duma, the Russian parliament, was the product of the compromise made by Russia to the progressives in society who demanded change after the bloody Sunday tragedy in 1905. By 1907, two state Duma elections were held, and a large number of social activists and progressive parties entered the State Duma through elections. Using the State Duma as a platform, demanded that Russia abolish the Tsarist autocracy and conduct constitutional reforms, etc., and encouraged other Duma members to coerce the ** to accept these demands by using the decisions against the *** as a means.

However, holding the election of the State Duma was just a stopgap measure for Nicholas II to deal with the crisis and ease the contradictions. However, Nicholas II was certainly unwilling to give up his power and carry out constitutional reforms. Moreover, after the end of the Far East War, Russia received financial assistance from Britain and France, the domestic situation also eased, and the crisis also declined a lot. Therefore, the conflict between the Tsar and the State Duma began to intensify, and Storepin's tough measures against the State Duma were naturally in line with the Tsar's wishes.

In the third election of the State Duma, Storepin increased the vote weight of the powerful and reduced the effective votes and value of the civilian class. Therefore, a large number of nobles who supported the rule of the Tsar were elected as Duma, which made the State Duma tend to cooperate with the **, abolish the Tsar's autocracy, and the requirements for constitutional reform gradually subsided. Then Storepin began to carry out social and economic reforms. Because Storepin's tough means of disbanding the Second State Duma, he gained the full trust of the Tsar, and with the financial assistance from Britain and France, the reforms were also carried out quite smoothly and some good results were achieved initially.

But if Storepin departs at this time, Russia's reforms will inevitably be abandoned halfway. Although Nicholas II's intelligence is mediocre, he is not a completely confused person after all. Moreover, many social revolutions have occurred in European countries, and the number of monarchs has been put to the ground, which has given him enough warnings. Although the situation in Russia has stabilized now, the hidden dangers are still there. Although this time, it is difficult to tell what the result will be if the conflict intensifies again next time, so it is impossible not to carry out reforms.

But reforms cannot be changed randomly, and everything cannot be changed. The power of the Tsar and the rule of the Romantsev dynasty cannot be shaken. Now, no one in the Russian prisons can dominate Russia's reforms except Storepin. Therefore, Storepin threatened to resign, and Nicholas II could also compromise, and of course it was just right to follow this step.

So Nicholas II ordered to reiterate to the East China again that Russia does not, nor will it support Mongolia, nor will it interfere in China's affairs, so please rest assured. He also asked the Russian officers stationed in Mongolia to not participate in the war between Mongolia and East China, and could only stay in Kulun, help Mongolia train its troops, formulate combat plans, etc., but he should not attack with the army and command the Mongolian army to fight in order to prevent being caught by the People's Army on the battlefield; then ordered the Russian army stationed in the Far East to maintain restraint, strictly guard the border, not cross the border, and not to show mercy on the People's Army, so as not to cause war.

After these measures were issued, Russia was relieved and finally convinced the Tsar that if this could not avoid war, then East China was determined to fight, and Russia could only rise up and face the war.

Of course, after these measures are issued, there must be an explanation for the Mongolian Kulun, so don’t let Mongolian Kulun be disheartened. Therefore, Russia sent someone to meet with Zhebuzundanba VIII, saying that Russia’s support for Mongolia remains unchanged, and these statements are just diplomatic words, so Mongolia does not need to be sober.

In fact, the Mongolian leaders led by Zhebuzundanba VIII didn't care. After all, although some of these people were smart, they lacked a world perspective. Moreover, Russia has been infiltrating into the Mongolian region for decades. Through various means, the senior officials of Mongolian were also rejected by dissidents. Therefore, the current Mongolian leaders generally have a good impression of Mongolia. Moreover, Mongolia wants to establish an independent country, and it is not possible without Russia's support. So almost everyone obeys Russia's words, and basically no one has doubted Russia.

In addition, the senior Mongolian leaders are also quite confident now. First of all, they have received a large number of support from Mongolian nobles, such as King Gongsang Nolbu of the Kharaqin County of the Zhuosotu League, Wutai of the Zhelim League, Prince Jazak Heshuo of the Tushetu Khan tribe, Prince Busulun of the Chechen Khan tribe, Prince Chadsonom of the Zasak County of the Sainnoyan tribe, Prince Chedensonom of the Zasak County of the Chechen Khan tribe, Bezi Dorji Chelin of the Chechen Khan tribe, etc., all expressed their allegiance and support to Zhebuzundanba VIII.

In fact, many of these people did not support the founding of the country, but the behavior of East China's attack on the powerful and noble leaders in the Mongolian area under its control and supported ordinary herdsmen caused panic among these princes and nobles. Originally, in the eyes of these people, whether they were ruled by the Qing court, or ruled by Russia, their status would basically not change, because Mongolia is too large. If they want to manage the Mongolian area well, they must rely on these powerful and powerful classes. This has been like this for hundreds of years. The reason why they did not support the founding of the country was not because of the national justice, but because they were not in a hurry to stand by, wait and see the general trend and hold the price to estimate.

But East China ** obviously did not play according to this routine, but pulled the table over and started over again. These princes and nobles naturally could not accept it, so at this time, these people no longer hesitated to wait and see, but all defected to the VIII of Zhebuzundanba. These people were all rich, and after joining the VIII of Zhebuzundanba, Kulun's strength was naturally greatly enhanced.

The second was Yan Zhi, Minister of Kulun's Office, who was sent by the Qing court to Outer Mongolia, Kun Xiu, General of Ulya Sutai, and Rong En, Secretary of Counselor of Ulya Sutai, all expressed their support for Kulun on behalf of the Qing court.

Although Mongolia admitted that its subordinates belonged to the Qing court, it still maintained strong independence. Because it was in the Outer Mongolia region, due to the existence of a spiritual leader like Zhebuzundanba who held the real power of Outer Mongolia, the Qing court naturally would not be completely at ease with Outer Mongolia. Therefore, after the establishment of the Qing court, it successively set up three official positions, namely the Minister of Kulun Service, General Ulya Sutai, and the Counselor of Ulya Sutai, in the Outer Mongolia region, which were fully responsible for managing Mongolia's affairs and also supervising the senior and powerful forces.

As Mongolia's independence sentiment has become increasingly serious in recent years, the conflict between the three ministers and the Mongolian senior officials has deepened. However, this time, all the three ministers supported the VIII of Tserbzundanba, and it also represented the attitude of the Qing court, which was unprecedented.

Of course, in the view of the Qing court, at this time, as long as the forces that are right against the East China **, they must support them with all their strength. It is best to let Mongolia and East China ** fight to the lose-lose. Even if they can hold them up for several years, it is good. Moreover, the support of the Qing court is not verbal support, but material things. The Qing court transferred 2,000 rifles and 100,000 taels of silver to Mongolia in one breath.

With the support of the Qing court in Russia, Kulun also formed an army of more than 20,000 people in a short time, setting up the five armies in front, back, left and right, and appointed Damdin** as the commander of the central army, Babuzabu as the commander of the left army, Maksarzabu as the commander of the right army, Haishan as the commander of the front army, Taoke and Taohu Houjun, each army was about 4,000 people. Zhebuzundanba VIII personally appointed Damdin** as the commander of the entire army. For a while, the Mongolian army was also considered strong, so the Mongolian leaders were full of confidence in this battle.
Chapter completed!